Released April 2007

Reviews will be posted as they become available.

6 January 2009

1 Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur
Princess of Bouillon's aria
'The torment of desire, exquisite torture' -
'Star of the Evening'

2 Donizetti’s La favorita
Leonora's aria 'Can I believe it?' - 'Oh my beloved' - 'I submit to heav'nly powers!'
3 Verdi’s Il trovatore
Azucena's canzone 'Fierce flames are raging'
4 Ponchielli’s La Gioconda
Gioconda and Laura's duet 'My curse upon you!' -
'Love like mine is the light of creation'
with Susan Patterson, soprano
5 Mozart’s Don Giovanni
Donna Elvira's recitative and aria 'To what atrocity' - 'That ungrateful man betrayed me'
6 Wagner’s Rienzi
Adriano's scene
'Oh righteous God' - 'Where was I?'
7 Donizetti’s La favorita
Leonora and Fernando's duet
'You, most courteous maiden' - 'My beloved'
with Colin Lee, tenor and Fflur Wyn, soprano
8 Handel‘s Semele
Juno's aria 'Hence, Iris hence away!'
9 Rossini’s Tancredi

 
Great Operatic Arias - Jennifer Larmore
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'Tell me, my beating heart'
10 Bellini’s Norma Norma and Adalgisa's duet 'Take my children' - 'See, O Norma'
with Susan Patterson, soprano
11 Verdi’s Don Carlos Princess Eboli's aria 'O hated gift'
12 Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet Juliet's Waltz Song

Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by David Parry

Recorded in Blackheath Halls, London 2-15 September 2006

Producer - Brian Couzens  Sound engineer - Ralph Couzens  Assistant engineer - Jonathan Cooper  

6 January 2009